Health taxes can raise money and improve physical well-being, but they often face fierce opposition from industry.
In this op ed published in Think Global Health, Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, counters ten common 10 common misconceptions used to block healthy tax policy.
“Tobacco companies, alcohol producers, and junk-food manufacturers externalize their costs to governments, communities, and families that bear the health-care expenses, productivity losses, social disruption, and health tragedies these products cause,” he writes.